That gets annoying when you are trying to edit several favorites in one collection. I have noticed a small bug that when editing the properties of a favorite in a collection and saving it, Flock takes you back to your favorites library. I used to have way too many bookmarks in my Firefox bookmarks toolbar and would end up changing the name of each bookmark to a letter or two so I could cram as many bookmarks as I could on the toolbar. This is by far the best addition in my opinion. Essentially, you can have several favorites toolbars and select between them with a handy drop down menu which appears on the top right of the browser window. However, collections is where all the magic happens. The tags feature looks like it might have some use for large favorites libraries, but taking the time to type in tags for each favorite is asking a bit too much. It manages your favorites, whether it be in a collection or not, your history, and lets you sort favorites by tags that you give each one. Activated by the three-starred icon on the navigation toolbar, the favorites manager is easily the most robust new feature. You are unable to tell Flock where to put the post, so your blog will automatically post it in the default category, which is uncategorized for many people.įavorites Manager This is where Flock really takes off. Another downside is the lack of categories. I also noticed that while Flock can pull the latest posts from your blog so you can edit them, it does not detect any drafts you have saved online. That disappointed me, but it's not a feature that can't be added later on. While you can save your post as a draft, it will not save it online as a draft only locally. In this topbar Flock gathers your latest blog entries and has a box where you can drag stuff that you are going to blog. A button on the right of this blog editor lets you open up a blog topbar. It also features a WYSIWYG editor area as well as a code view. The blog editor has all the normal features, a few quicktags, and can even lets you add Technorati tags to your post. However, I have heard that it does not currently work with Movable Type 3.2 blogs. It was able to setup my WordPress powered blog just fine. Through that, Flock will go online and determine what type of blog you have. The first time you open it, you will be asked to provide the url of your blog. You'll quickly see how it is neatly designed and doesn't require a usability expert to find out how to go about using it. Integrated Blogging The aforementioned quill icon opens up the new blog editor. Of particular interest are the button with a writing quill icon and the button with three stars on it. Upon opening Flock for the first time, you will see some new buttons on the navigation toolbar. Features Great Theme As Brian Benzinger said, " basically looks like a beautified Firefox, but with extra features." The Flock crew created a custom theme that suits Flock well. That being said, don't say I didn't warn you. Flock has flocked up a few times, lost my data, and forgotten my settings. Not only is it still in the early stages of development, it is based upon the beta code for Firefox 1.5, which hasn't exactly been proven to be the kindest to me. I would not suggest using Flock as your primary browser just yet. Flock is not yet compatible with every extension and theme made for Firefox, therefore much of the functionality that Firefox users gain from extensions will be lost in Flock. Apparently the bookmark has lost its cool factor now. Oh and I should mention, they are now called favorites not bookmarks. The way regular bookmarks are managed has changed, making it remarkably different from IE and Firefox, but seemingly closer to the way Safari handles bookmarks. Unlike Firefox, there is a slightly sharper learning curve. Flock is not the browser that just anyone can pick up and use.
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